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[Q] Market Purchase-Google Account

I have purchased several apps through the Market. It automatically goes to my stored credit card info through Google Shopper. A little worried about this...don't want to lose my phone and have the possibility of someone buying a bunch of apps. Any idea how to turn off the automatic purchase? I have looked through forums and the Google site, but can't find a solution. Any help would be great!
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I would lock the Phone with a password or the "password gesture", so if the phone is stolen nobody can use it, after factory reset all your settings are gone (if they do this)...

After buying you can login to Google checkout. I.e login to gmail, select account at top right and then checkout. There you can add or delete cards. Delete on your case. If you want to buy more apps later you just re-add card (and delete it after buying again)
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[Q] How to backup my apps - not rooted

I want to root my phone but I want to back up my apps before I do so, mainly just xda premium because that's the only app I paid for. How do I do this if I'm not rooted?

hockeybpr25 said:
I want to root my phone but I want to back up my apps before I do so, mainly just xda premium because that's the only app I paid for. How do I do this if I'm not rooted?
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Do a backup from your settings menu in phone. When you get a new phone just put in your gmail info on setup and it will automatically download most of your apps from the market. The last part is that any app you pay for stays with your gmail account. When you get a new phone and set up your gmail info go into market and you will see it say purchased. The catch is that you have to use that gmail account from here on out. If its not the main account on the phone neither of the previous suggestions will work.
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oh ok sweet, i already had my gmail account set up so i guess i'm good

So when I went to the market to put xda premium back on my phone it's saying I have to buy it again. The market shows that I'm logged into my gmail account as well.

hockeybpr25 said:
So when I went to the market to put xda premium back on my phone it's saying I have to buy it again. The market shows that I'm logged into my gmail account as well.
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Astro, free in the Market. Once installed, Menu, Tools, Applications manager/Backup. Ir will create a folder called Backup and a subfolder inside it, called Apps.
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If you are logged into the same Google account the purchase was made on, you can re-download any purchased app at any time without paying again.

Falcyn said:
If you are logged into the same Google account the purchase was made on, you can re-download any purchased app at any time without paying again.
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Just remembered I bought it through Amazon so I got it that way.
Now another question. I had backup assistant with verizon and when I started my phone the first time I got it it loaded that up and put in all my contacts. How do I get it to do that now that I'm running gummyCHARGED

Okay maybe a stupid question
I'm a developer.. but this is my first Android phone... so forgive me if this is a stupid question.
If I buy an App on GmailAccount#1. Can I back it up and then restore it if my phone is synced to GmailAccount#2?
Reason I ask, and maybe this is the way it is suppose to be, but coming from an iPhone I am use to sharing apps with my wife's phone.
I researched a bit and it seems like the only way to do that is if you decided to setup a third gmail account, and make it the primary for both, and then sync our personals after that.
Is there an easier way to share apps within the household? Or is it suppose to be more of a 1 app per device vs 1app per household?
If I can't do both, I'll probably buy fewer apps, especially the more expensive ones. I could justify it more when at least I could get 2 (actually 3 cause I have an iPad too) installs out of it.

Apps are matched to the purchasing account and only the purchasing account.
I believe that's intentional, as it's a bit unfair to app developers for the OS provider to decide their apps can all be shared.
HOWEVER: if you put the Amazon Appstore on both phones and sign in to the same Amazon account, the Google account the phone's set up on is irrelevant. Most really good apps are on the Amazon Appstore now (and in general, the quality of apps is higher and they're certainly safer since Amazon approves every single app).

Main account password - can't even access Market

I have the Nexus S and recently, I came under the suspicion that my Gmail was hacked. So I went on my computer and changed my Gmail password. But now, my phone has become a wreck. It cannot sync with my gmail, I can't even access the Market. I cannot seem to find a way to change the password on the phone to my current password for Gmail. Is there any way to do this without deleting the main account on the phone? I really do not want to reset my phone for simply needing to change my password...

Not to be a fun sponge but since its your primary device account you may be out of luck.
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I would recommend using mybackup root to backup your call log, mms, sms (texts) and titanium backup root to backup your apps. Makes the reset hurt way less
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contradude said:
I would recommend using mybackup root to backup your call log, mms, sms (texts) and titanium backup root to backup your apps. Makes the reset hurt way less
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I guess that's my only option. Can't believe Google has made it this much of a hassle for a simple password change. Thanks man.

No no dont hard reset for such an easy stuff!
Just pop in another sim card and for privacy the password will be removed, then insert the right one
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If your phone is cdma and you cannot switch the sim card, you can just delete the gmail account settings from the application manager (i dont remember the english name), anyway, wiping for something like that, is like throwing an atomic bomb to kill mosquitoes
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It won't let you delete the primary device account even if you have another gmail account attached. :-(
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I am not sure in gingerbread, but in previous version was possible to let the system forget the account by just removing user data for something like "gmail archive" (not sure about english name)
And if you change the sim card, you have to reinsert the password, happened many times to me, annoying
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[Q] New Market

So did anyone else notice that the new Market has an account setting? Allows me to select different accounts. Does this finally mean that I can merge two accounts worth of apps? Family style?

dlang123 said:
So did anyone else notice that the new Market has an account setting? Allows me to select different accounts. Does this finally mean that I can merge two accounts worth of apps? Family style?
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Im not sure if you can merge 2 accounts, They have to have a way of preventing people from signing into a family members account and downloading apps that were bought thru said account. If not then it poses a serious problem for app developers and devs getting paid correctly. Unfortunately I dont have another account to test it on..
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"Your application purchases are tied to your Google Account and can be installed an unlimited amount of times on any device." See:
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=113410
It works for watching movies rented on another account, too:
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1283330
Keep in mind you do still have to add the additional Google account(s) to the phone, meaning the device will have access to all other Google services including Gmail.

so lets say I added my gmail account to my wifes phone and downloaded all the apps I have paid for to her phone..couldnt I just delete my gmail from her phone after and her phone would still have all my apps on it?

The documentation doesn't say, but most likely yes, and it'd be real easy to test it. Just add your account, download an app, remove the account, and see what happens.
Keep in mind, though, that without the associated Google account you won't be able to update those apps -- which is an enormous downside in the long run.

chiahead52 said:
so lets say I added my gmail account to my wifes phone and downloaded all the apps I have paid for to her phone..couldnt I just delete my gmail from her phone after and her phone would still have all my apps on it?
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I plan on just having a family account to buy apps on, and then add that to all the phones. But it use to be that it had to be the main account.. I haven't purchased any apps yet, recent iphone switcher, but now it appears to not have to be the main account... which is awesome cause google talk only worked with the main.

[Q] Magicjack app error "Your device is not on this account"

Hey guys
I have an old phone (LG Optimus 2X - p999) that I wanted to give away to a friend.
I had installed the Magicjack app when I was using the phone, and now my friend is having problems loging in.
When my friend attempts to login, he gets this error "Your device is not on this account."
The username and password are entered correctly and he's able to login when he's using his tablet.
I was wondering if anyone came across this issue before?
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Phone: LG P999 with Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Magicjack account: free

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It looks like no one had this problem before, eh?
Am I the only one who had this problem?
Or maybe my post was not clear?

It is possible that the license for the MJ app on that phone has expired. You might try to remove and reinstall to update the license. Or you can go to your MJ account to see if you can reactivate that license. Just a thought.

gottago said:
It is possible that the license for the MJ app on that phone has expired. You might try to remove and reinstall to update the license. Or you can go to your MJ account to see if you can reactivate that license. Just a thought.
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I don't have the account info and password to login to magickjack, and I don't use it anymore.
I've tried to remove the app and all it's data files and re-installed.
I've also tried flashing a different ROM to my old phone and still no go.
My friend wants to use it, but he's not able to login with his account when using my old phone.
Are there any alternatives to Magicjack on the Google play store that don't require you to buy credits?

Yeah, MJ has to be active for the app to work.
You might take a look at testPlus. I think you can subscribe for a year for $20 or watch some videos for credit.
Hope that helps.